Symmetry of constrained minimizers of the Cahn-Hilliard energy on the torus

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2020.111842zbMATH Open1443.49010arXiv1907.08112OpenAlexW3012614589MaRDI QIDQ2183447FDOQ2183447

Alfred Wagner, Michael Gelantalis, Maria G. Westdickenberg

Publication date: 27 May 2020

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We establish sufficient conditions for a function on the torus to be equal to its Steiner symmetrization and apply the result to volume-constrained minimizers of the Cahn-Hilliard energy. We also show how two-point rearrangements can be used to establish symmetry for the Cahn-Hilliard model. In two dimensions, the Bonnesen inequality can then be applied to quantitatively estimate the sphericity of superlevel sets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.08112

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zbMATH Keywords

Cahn-HilliardSteiner symmetrizationBonnesen inequalitytwo-point rearrangement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Existence theories for optimal control problems involving relations other than differential equations (49J21)

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